X Marks the Spot NASA scientists have spotted unusual shapes in the Earth’s ionosphere, hundreds of miles above the Earth’s surface. The ionosphere stretches from 50 to 400 miles above the planet and marks the boundary between our planet’s atmosphere and outer space. While it houses most satellites orbiting the Earth, it’s vulnerable to changes […]
Experts from Massachussett’s Form Energy think they can clean up the dirty steelmaking process with battery science. The team made headlines last summer with an iron-air battery that can power up and down as rust turns to iron — and rusts again — in a repeated cycle. It’s a unique bit of chemistry that is […]
Stark Contrast NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took a shortcut to steer clear of a path riddled with boulders — and stumbled into a field full of stones the likes of which scientists have never seen before on the Red Planet. On its fourth campaign since landing three years ago, the tireless rover roamed its way […]
A Southern California woman was shocked to discover a family of coyotes had been living underneath her home. Surveillance cameras capture the moment a woman who was walking her dog had to run to safety after coming face-to-face with a pack of coyotes in her neighborhood. Residents in the Leimert Park neighborhood said a rise […]
Mining firm Rare Earths Norway says it has discovered Europe’s largest proven deposit of highly prized rare earth elements, potentially reflecting a watershed moment for both the Nordic country and the broader region. One of the few deposits not owned or controlled by China, the discovery of continental Europe’s largest rare earths deposit is considered […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A dad, his two sons and their cousin were on a hike in the Badlands of North Dakota in 2022 when they found what looked like a dinosaur leg sticking out of a rock. Liam Fisher […]
They let the mystery sink in. A Michigan couple doing home renovations discovered a Prohibition-era, 20-foot-deep bootleggers’ tunnel beneath their home that was likely used for smuggling alcohol into the US. Hayley Gilmartin and her husband, Trevor, who live on Lake Huron — a body of water separating the US from Canada — uncovered the […]
Photo: Kia Selling cars is often a soul-crushing grind. So it’s understandable that dealership employees might feel pressure to cut corners. As one New England dealership recently found out, though, if you get caught straight-up scamming, there can be some pretty nasty consequences. Kia America has sued Dan O’Brien Auto Group, which operated locations in […]
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has done it again. According to new research, astronomers using the powerful infrared telescope have revealed what appears to be the two earliest, most distant galaxies in the known universe, dating to just 300 million years after the Big Bang. The ancient galaxy duo break the records set by […]
NASA announced the discovery of a planet 316 million miles from Earth that orbits every 12.8 days and is possibly even habitable. Gliese 12 b is a “super Earth exoplanet” that is nearly the same size as Earth or slightly smaller, according to a NASA news release. Exoplanets are planets outside of our solar system, […]
It wasn’t a vintage red or white, but vintage it was. A man renovating his wine cellar in Austria discovered mammoth remains from the prehistoric era. The find has been called “sensational” by the team at the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences that has been tasked with digging up the remains […]
As Tesla’s stock reached all time highs back in 2021, car rental company Hertz made a big bet by buying up about 30,000 Teslas vehicles for its fleet, sending the EV maker’s value soaring even higher. But as it turns out, that was an extremely costly mistake, as New York Magazine reports. As of last […]